Pre-purchase also guarantees that 4 characters are unlocked

Jan 12, 2015 12:48 GMT  ·  By

The folks over at Turtle Rock Studios announced last week that their Evolve co-operative, competitive multiplayer game Evolve had gone gold. Evolve will arrive on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on February 10, but until then developers will kick off an open beta to stress test their servers before the approaching release date.

The open beta is set to begin on January 15 and will be playable on Xbox One consoles. Those who want to participate in this open beta will be given access to Evolve’s Hunt game mode with access to the first two monsters (Goliath and Kraken) and first eight hunters (Markov, Maggie, Vak, Hank, Hyde, Griffin, Lazarus and Bucket).

12 maps will be available to play on, which is a considerable upgrade from the previous 4 that were available in the Big Alpha.

Furthermore, beginning January 17, Evolve’s players will be given access Evacuation, the game’s dynamic campaign that combines all the maps and modes to offer a unique experience on each gameplay session.

Hunter and Monster characters unlocked during open beta will carry over in the final version

But there’s more to it, as each Hunter and Monster characters that players manage to unlock while playing in the open beta will carry over when the game launches.

Only those with an Xbox Live Gold account will be able to play Evolve Xbox One open beta. It’s also worth mentioning that the open beta will run through January 19.

Now those who pre-ordered Evolve prior or during the open beta will receive some bonuses. According to developers, if you have pre-purchased Evolve on Xbox One, you will receive exclusive instant access to Wraith, Parnell, Abe, Caira and Cabot during the entire beta.

In addition, all those who pre-order Evolve on Xbox One will receive all these characters unlocked when the final version of the game launches on February 10. The PC version’s pre-order bonus includes the Monster Expansion Pack (Savage Goliath skin and new monster character for free).